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The Pure Orange Expedition Journal - 2000km
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Ine and I worked it today, to get to 2000 clicks ... although I only realised its significance while writing this entry ... I used the number several times throughout the day to calculate distances, but the landmark number didn’t register.
Our 37 kilometres, covered today, was probably about 47 ... zigzagging endlessly through a maze of reed channels. The good part, however, was the constant gradient - it was swift and quick through the channels, would then pour over a river-wide ledge, back into the channels after a short pool ... and then repeat the process all over again.
All day - endless concentration - looking for the flow.
A few times we got slowed up - but pulled ourselves through narrow gaps in the reeds to get back into the flow. With the longer boat, the stern catches over the ledges and requires lots of bow rudder strokes through the channel turns.
We had a big pasta dinner, and there is still lots left over for lunch tomorrow.
A hot, muggy, steamy evening ... a storm brews in the distance. It is far off but I am ready to set up the tent quick, and all our gear is packed away.